Decolonisation:Speaking uncomfortable truths to your “own” side and to the “other” side

William Gumede, Associate Professor in the Wits School of Governance will deliver the 2018 Nadine Gordimer Lecture.

He is the Chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation. During the apartheid era, he held leadership positions in student, trade union, and civic movements. Gumede is the author of South Africa in BRICS: Salvation or Ruination? and Restless Nation: Making Sense of Troubled Times. He also published the award winning and acclaimed children's book, A Kite's Flight.